Hair-waving apparatus



March 30, 1937. y R, G, E| AND 2,075,652

HAIR WAVING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 50, 1955 INVENTOR Raynva ZCZ GfLeZanoZA BY M ATTORNEYS?? l Patented Mar. 30, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE4 Claims.

This invention relates to hair-waving apparatus and more particularly tospecific forms of such apparatus designed for curling the hair 1nconnection with any form of steaming, heating, or treating apparatus.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means which permit therapid curling of the hair, the effectual holding of the curl or curls,and the safeguarding of the head of the person being treated from anypossibility of burns, and also precluding the possibility of pulling thehair to the greatdiscomfort of the person operated upon.

A further object is to provide an apparatus of this kind which permitsthe desired tension to be had upon the hair; which permits the windingof a cord about the strand of hair, and which permits the holding ofsaid cord in place without the necessity of knotting the same.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingvFigure 1 is a view in side elevationillustrating my improved apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View somewhat similar to Fig. 1 but showing theposition of the Winderv and its relation to a cord wound around a strandof hair;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing the position of the clip on theforming bar after the coiling operation is ended, the winderremoved, andthe clip operatively holding the cord Wound on the strand of hair;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the inner end of the formingbar;

Fig. 5 is a View in transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. l;

Fig. 6 is a view in transverse section on the same line as Fig. '7 butshowing the clamping plate in open position;

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6 butshowing the clamping plate in itsclosed position,v the View being taken on the line 'I-1 of Fig. -1;v

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section on the line 8-8 ofFig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view in elevation illustrating the employment of anauxiliary forming bar in connection with the main forming bar;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged View in transverse section on the line III-IU ofFig. 9.

The reference character A is employed to indicate generally ywhat I terma base, which is adapted to be positioned against the head of thepatient4 and to which a forming bar I is coupled. The base A comprises apair of spaced stationary clamping plates 2 and 3, which are rigidlysecured to a pad 4 of asbestos or other suitable heat-insulatingmaterial, which is adapted to be locatedv directly against the head.'Ihe stationary clamping plates 2 and 3 have suitable spacers 5 betweenthem, and a movable clamping plate 6 is pivotally connected to andbetween the plates 2 and 3 by a rivet 1 and suitable finger holds 8 and9 are provided on the plates 2 and 6 respectively. 'I'he plates 2, 3 and6 are somewhat crescent-shaped and the plate 2 has a central recess I0for the reception of one end of the bar I, and has a suitable entranceslot II communicating with said recess and registering with an entranceslot I2 in the pad 4 for the passage of a strand of hair I3. The sidewalls of the recess I0 are parallel and are spaced apart a distance lessthan the diameter of the bar I, but said bar is provided in oppositesides with notches I4 to receive the walls of the recess I0 and permitthe secure coupling of the end of the bar to the fixed plate 2.Furthermore, it will be noted particularly by reference to Figs. 4, 6,and 7 of the drawing, that the end or extremity of the bar I has a.recess forming a flat face I5 against which the strand of hair I3 islocated and is securely clamped between said fiat face I5 and a ilatface I6 formed by a recess Il in the movable clamping plate 6. It willalso be seen by reference to Fig. 8 of the drawing, that the lower plate:i` extends forward slightly beyond the recess III of thep-late 2, sothat the strand of hair I3 is not only clamped between the flat faces I5and I6, but is also given a longitudinal bite which absolutely clampsthe strand -of hair, and regardless of how much tension or pull is hadupon the strand it will not exert a pull on the scalp as the strand issecurely clamped in the base when the clamping plate 6 is moved into itsclosed position, as shown most clearly in Fig. 'l of the drawing.

'Ihe outer edge of the movable plate 2 is curved' concentrically withits pivot and is provided with ratchet teeth I8 which are engaged by apawl I9 constituting a portion of aspring arm 20. This spring armconstitutes a spring wire projecting at one end through a sleeve 2Ifixed to the plate 2 and at its other extremity bent upon itself,forming 'a handle 22 and also forming the pawl which has a, limitedmovement in a recess 23 in the edge of the plate 2. This spring arm 20,between its ends, is given a lateral bend, as shown at 24, whichconstitutes a spring shoulder for holding the clamping bar I in therecess III after the bar has been forced into said recess. A spring clip25 is mounted to move on the bar I and is preferably formed with acollar 26 sliding on the bar. This clipwill be more fully hereinafterdescribed in connection with the operation of the apparatus.

rThe reference character B is employed to` indicate generally myimproved winder, which comprises a pair of jaws 21 and 28 having lingerholds 29 and 30 respectively, and which are pivotally connected by a pin3l having a coil spring 32 thereon tending to close the jaws. These jaws21 and 28 constitute angles in longitudinal section and said angles arelarger at one end of the jaws than they are at the other so that theinterior of the jaws has a longitudinal taper. Both of these jaws areprovided at their free edges with aring flanges, the ange 33 of jaw 21being appreciably longer than the flange 34 of jaw 28. The longer ange33 has a cord-receiving notch 35 therein and the jaw 33 at one end,which constitutes the entrance end, is beveled or inclined from theextremity of the jaw tc the ange 34, as shown at 36. A finger-receivingwire frame 31 is connected to the nger holds 29 and 3D and a nger of thehand may be inserted in this frame 31 to cause the Winder to be rapidlyturned around the bar I in coiling the hair thereon. An elastic cord 38is connected to one of the nger holds, 29 or 3B, and is provided With ahook 39 which may be caught over the wire frame 31 so as to exert acertain amount of tension upon the strand of hair I3 as the latter iswound on the bar I, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawing. v 7

The operation of the apparatus above described is as follows: Theforming bar I is rst inserted in the base and the strand of hair I3 isthen passed through the entrance slot I in the base and positionedagainst the inner end of the bar I. The clamping plate 6 is then swungto its closed and locked position securely clamping the strand of hairas above described.

The strand of hair is then wound, preferably by placing the Winder B inposition with its jaws over the bar, the free end of the strand beingpositioned around a iinger hold o1" the Winder, and if the hair istwelve to eighteen inches long then it is pushed through the fingerframe 31. The strand of hair is held in this position by means of theelastic cord 38, which is secured against the hair and connected by itshook 39 to the nger frame 31.

The operator then turns the winder two or three times about the bar i,and then inserts his ringer in the ringer frame and turns it, causingthe hair to be quickly, evenly, smoothly, correctly overlapped, andtightly Wound on the bar I. As the winding operation nears itscompletion or in case the hair strand has uneven short ends, at any timea cord 40 is wound over the strand of hair, one` end of said cord beinglocatedl in the notch 35, thus winding the cord on the hair as thelatter is coiled. Before the winder is removed, the clip 25 is movedalong the bar I until it engages over the cord and the end of the strandof wound hair, as shown in Fig. 3, thus securing the hair and cord onthe bar ready for the nextV operation or treatment. Y

In Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawing, I illustrate another manner of curlingor waving the hair, in which a bar 4I, similar in most respects to thebar I, is employed and an auxiliary bar 42 is utilized. An opening 49 isprovided in the plate' 2 to receive one end of this bar 42. A strand ofhair is rst wound from the scalp outwardly on the bar 4I and thenviswound or coiled in the opposite direction on the auxiliary bar 42, thislatter coil beginning from the outer end of the strand of hair. Tofacilitate the holding of this outer end of the hair, the forming bar 42has a clamping bar 43 pivoted thereto. The bar 4I in this instance, atits extremity, is provided with a coupling plate 44 which receives thereduced end 45 of the bar 42, and has a spring pawl 46 thereon to engagea ratchet wheel 41 on the bar 42. This bar 42 also preferably has anangular enlarged end 48 to permit the same to be readily turned andplace the hair under any desired tension, this turning action of the bar42 being permitted in one direction by the ratchet devices 46 and 41 aswill be understood, and when the desired tension is had this ratchetmechanism will prevent any retrograde movement.

It is apparent that my apparatus is adapted for use in connection withany method or means for treating the hair and heating the same, and I donot wish to be limited in this particular. Furthermore, it is obviousthat many changes may be made in the general form and arrangement of theparts without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limitmyself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at libertyto make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spiritand scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A hair-Waving apparatus including a base consisting of a pad and afixed clamping plate thereon, a pivoted clamping plate, ratchet and pawlmeans operatively connecting the plates, a stationary plate having acentral recess therein to receive a forming bar, and a spring arm on thestationary plate adapted to hold the bar in coupled relation to theplate.

2. A hair-waving apparatus including a base, a stationary plate on thebase having a central recess with parallel Walls and an entrance slotcommunicating with said recess, a forming bar of greater diameter thanthe width of the recess and having notches in its opposite sides toreceive the walls of the recess and having a notch in its end with theflat wall at right angles to the walls of said recess, a pivotedclamping plate having a flat wall between which and the at wall of theforming bar a strand of hair is adapted to be clamped, and a spring armon the stationary plate adapted to hold the bar in coupled relation tothe plate.

3. A hair-waving apparatus including a base', a stationary plate on thebase having a central recess with parallel walls and an entrance slot,communicating with said recess, a forming bar of greater diameter thanthe width of the recess and having notches in its opposite sides toreceive the walls of the recess and having a notch in its end with theflat wall at right angles to the walls of said recess, a pivotedclamping plate having a flat wall between which and the flat wall of theforming bar a strand of hair is adapted to be clamped, and a secondplate under the rst-mentioned plate extended beyond said recess wherebythe strand of hair clamped between the plates is given an angulardisposition,

4. A hair-Waving apparatus including a base consisting of a pad, a pairof stationary plates spaced apart and xed to the pad and adapted toreceive and support a forming bar, a pivoted clamping plate movablebetween the rst-men tioned plates, a spring arm xed to one of saidfirst-mentioned plates, a pawl on said spring arm, one of saidnist-mentioned plates having a recessed edge limiting the movement ofthe pawl, said movable plate having ratchet teeth at its edge adapted tobe engaged by the pawl, and said spring arm also having a lateral bendto engage the forming bar held by the plates.

RAGNVALD G. LELAND.

